ROSACEiE. XIL Potentilla. 



551 



Lehm. pot. 181.) stem erect, usually l-flowered ; leaves ternate ; toothed, petiolate ; stipulas denticulated ; flowers axillary, soli- 

 leaflets roundish-obovate, bluntly toothed, pilose on both sur- tary; petals obovate, about equal in length to the calyx. 1/ . H. 

 faces, canescent beneath ; petals obcordate, 3-times the length Native of Nipaul. Flowers yellow, 

 of the calyx. 1/. H. Native of the Aleutian islands, and of Toothletted-stlipuled Cinquefoil. PI. creeping. 

 North America on the most elevated of the Rocky Mountains, 22 P. Wallichia'na (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 574.) hairy; 

 Labrador, Kotzebue's Sound, &c. Outer calycine segments stem creeping, filiform ; leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, sessile, 



roundish and very obtuse. Corolla large, pale yellow. 



i)ft'fl?/ Cinquefoil. PL 2 inches. 



15 P. HiRSUTA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 303.) plant beset 

 with loose hairs ; stem erect, few-flowered ; leaves ternate, pe- 

 tiolate; leaflets obovate, profoundly serrated; teeth blunt; 



Nestl. pot. p. 67. t. 9. f. 1. P. Morisoni, D. C. cat. hort.monsp. 

 p. 135. P. Montpeliensis, Lin. spec. 704. Fragkria parviflora, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 1 12. Corolla yellow. 



Pl.i 



to I ft. 



Hairy Cinquefoil. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1680. 



16 P. ela'xior (Schlecht. in berl. mag. ann. 7. p. 295? Lehm. 

 pot. p. 157. t. 14.) stem erect, tall; leaves ternate, petiolate; 

 leaflets oval, acutely serrated, veiny, almost glabrous on both 

 surfaces; petals obovate, entir^, a little longer than the calyx. 

 %* H. Native of Siberia. ^ 



Flowers yellow. 



Clt. 1824. 



toothed ; flowers axillary, solitary ; petals obovate, longer than 

 the calyx. 1/. H. Native of Nipaul. Flowers yellow. 

 Wallich's Cinquefoil. PL creeping. 



23 P. mona'nthes (Lindl. in Wall. cat. no. 1025. Lehm. 

 pug. 3. p. 33>) stem erect, 1-2-flowered; leaves ternate, rather 



petals shorter than the calyx. ^. H. Native of North Canada, pilose on both surfaces, and somewhat ciliated; leaflets cunei- 

 from Quebec to St. Lawrence ; plains of the Saskatchawan, &c. form, truncate, crenately toothed ; teeth roundish, obtuse ; sti- 

 pulas short, entire ; outer calycine segments the largest, round- 

 ish, and obtuse ; petals nearly orbicular, quite entire, length of 

 calyx. If. H. Native of Sirmore. Flowers small, yellow. 

 One-JIowercd Cinquefoil. PI. -j- to |- foot. 



24 P. cunea'ta (Wall. cat. no. 1015. Lehm. pug. 3. p. 34.) 

 stem ascending, but erect and leafless at the apex ; leaves ter- 

 nate, on very long petioles, pilose ; leaflets obovate, rounded at 

 the base, truncate at the apex, deeply tridentate, acute ; flowers 

 terminal, crowded, sub-cymose. %. H. Native of Gosains- 



than. Flowers yellow. 



Wedge-leaved Cinquefoil. PI. \ foot. 



25 P. ERiocA'^RPA (Wall. cat. no. 1012. Lehm. pug. 3. p. 

 35.) plant glabrous ; stem ascending, simple, few-flowered, 

 almost leafless ; leaves on long petioles, ternate ; leaflets petio- 

 late, obovate-rhomboid, deeply 5-toothed at the apex ; outer 

 calycine segments larger, ovate, nerved ; petals obcordate, twice 

 the length of the calyx. 7/. H. Native of the mountains of 

 Kamaon and Gosainsthan. Flowers large, yellow. 



Hairy -fruited Cinquefoil. PL \ foot. 



26 P. ARGYROPHY LLA (Wall. Cat. uo. 1020. Lehm. pug. 3. 

 p. 3Q.) stem erect, nearly simple ; leaves ternate, almost ses- 

 sile, distant; leaflets oblong, serrate-toothed, densely clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath ; teeth apiculated ; stipulas ovate- 

 lanceolate, deeply serrated ; petals broad, obcordate, longer 

 than the calyx. If. H. Native of Gosainsthan. Flowers 



large, yellow. 



Silver-leaved Cinquefoil. PI. 1^ foot. 



Taller Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. \\ foot. 



17 P. Vahlia'na (Lehm. pot. p. 172.) stem erect, usually 



1-flowered; leaves ternate; lateral leaflets cuneiform and trifid 



at the apex, middle one rhomboid, all very hairy, clothed with 



smning, yellowish, or white down beneath ; petals reniform, 



t^^ce the length of the calyx. %. H. Native of Greenland 



and North America, on the dry and elevated ridges of the Rocky 



'^lountains ; shores and islands of the Arctic Sea. P. hirsuta, 



in litt. Horn. fl. dan. t. 1390. but not of Michx. 



Jamesomana, Grev. in mem. soc. wern, 3. p. 417. t. 20. Flowers 

 yellow. ^ 



Vahl. 



P. 



VahVs Cinquefoil. PL 2 to 3 inches. 



18 P subacau'lis (Lin. spec. 715.) stems prostrate, few- 



owered; radical leaves as well as those of the runners ternate, 



ut the cauline ones are simple ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, ser- 



jed to the middle, densely clothed with hoary tomentum ; 



Pjtah round, obcordate, about 



, twice the length of the calyx. 



.^; 7^. Native of Germany, Switzerland, Vallais, Piedmont, 

 anuot Siberia. Jacq. icon. rar. vol. 3. 



u? S' glaucescens, 

 ^«- P. ovita, Poir. 



r ' W ViU.-All. fl. pedem. t. 24. f. 2. 

 \^' i* lowers yellow. 



andT'^' '«'*^^^« (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2^p. 573.) leaflets broader 



t. 491. P. cinerea, 

 Willd. P. verna, Kunth, fl. berol. p. 

 P. incana, Moench. P. arenaria, Borck. 



Gmel. sib. 3. t. 3Q. 



m * 



Flowers white or red. 



Al 



er. Native of Siberia, about BarnaouL 



^^nost stemless Cinquefoil. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 

 flow 1 ^^^^"^^'^^ (Lehm. pot. 170.) stem ascending, few- 

 tooih H ' ^^^^^^ ternate ; leaflets cuneiform, truncate, bluntly 

 or tuff ^^^*^^3p^Xi canescent on both surfaces from fascicles 

 long *^ ^^l^^^y ^airs ; petals roundish, quite entire, a little 



Z7 P. catiia'clines (Lehm. pug. 3. p. 37.) stems prostrate, 

 usually 1-flowered; leaves ternate, distant; leaflets roundish, 

 deeply serrated, densely clothed with silky pili above, but with 

 white tomentum beneath ; stipulas ovate, almost entire ; petals 



Native of Gosains- 



obcordate, longer than the calyx, 

 than. Flowers blood-coloured. 



i;. H. 



than 



2*,Q"ntains. 



no 



Reclining Cinquefoil. PI. prostrate. 



28 P. atrosangui'nea (Lodd. bot. cab. 78Q,) plant clothed 

 with silky villi ; stems decumbent; leaves ternate, petiolate; 



l^ fl f^' ^''^™- ^' "^' ^26. t.22. but not of Lin. P. incana, cordate, longer than the calyx. 

 V 1 ^/ P* ^^2* Flowers yellow. Gosainsthan. Sims, bot. mag. 



Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 3 inc. 



a»sur. 



the calyx. !<:. H. Native of Provence, on the leaflets obovate, deeply serrated, clothed with white tomentum 

 P- subacauHs, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 465. P. grandi- beneath ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, entire, or bifid ; petals ob- 



~ ~ " ' ' ' %. H. Native of Nipaul and 



Gosainsthan. Sims, bot. mag. 2689. Peduncles few, 1-flowered 

 at the tops of the branches. Corolla dark blood-coloured. 

 Dark-bloodT/'Bowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1822. 



PI. decumbent. 



29 P. micra'ntha (Ram. in D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 3760.) stems 

 prostrate, hairy, 1 -flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, 

 obtuse, serrated, unequal at the base, silky ; outer calycine seg- 

 ments a little toothed ; petals obcordate-cuneated or nearly 

 entire, shorter than the calyx. 7/. H. Native of the Pyre- 

 nees ; of Italy, on Mount Generoso ; in Calabria, on Mount Pol- 



P. 



^elvety Cinquefoil.' . .. ..^.. .,_^. ^ 



^- emargina^ta (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 353.) stems 

 .gent, few-flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets deeply toothed, 



Obion ""^ ^""^^ surfaces 



^- tf '^"iS^^-^^' emarginafe, twice the length of the calyx. 

 ' -Wativ 



^ '^'•^wa^e-petalled Cinquefoil. PL 2 inches. 

 Kn. \ ^^^'"cuLosA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 573.) 

 Wdiv ll"^ creeping, filiform ; leaves ternate, petiolate ; leaflets 

 y Obovate, of the same colour on both surfaces, doubly 



pedicels terminal, elongated; petals 



length 

 e of Labrador. Flowers large, yellow. 



leno. Lehm. pot, 158. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 60. t. 5. 



